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Isaiah 30:25
25And there shall be upon every high mountain and upon every hill that is lifted up, brooks [and] water-courses, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Isaiah 30:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- New International Version (NIV)In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There will be on every high mountain And on every high hill Rivers and streams of waters, In the day of the great slaughter, When the towers fall.
Context of Isaiah 30:25
23And he will give the rain of thy seed with which thou shalt sow the ground; and bread, the produce of the ground, and it shall be fat and rich. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures; 24and the oxen and the asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. And there shall be upon every high mountain and upon every hill that is lifted up, brooks [and] water-courses, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the wound of their stroke. 27Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning [with] his anger — a grievous conflagration; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a consuming fire;
Read all of Isaiah 30Isaiah 30:25 word by word
וְהָיָ֣ה׀ עַל־כָּל־הַ֣ר גָּבֹ֗הַ וְעַל֙ כָּל־גִּבְעָ֣ה נִשָּׂאָ֔ה פְּלָגִ֖ים יִבְלֵי־מָ֑יִם בְּיוֹם֙ הֶ֣רֶג רָ֔ב בִּנְפֹ֖ל מִגְדָּלִֽים׃Read the interlinear
- beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- highגָּבֹהַּgâbôhha gâbôhha · highH1364
- mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- hillהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- liftedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- greatרַבrab · manyH7227
- slaughterהֶ֫רֶגhereg · slaughterH2027
- towersמִגְדָּלmigdâl migdâlâh · towerH4026
- fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
Cross-references for Isaiah 30:25
- Isaiah 2:14and upon all the lofty mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
- Isaiah 35:6then shall the lame [man] leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert.
- Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.
- Isaiah 43:19behold, I do a new thing; now it shall spring forth: shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the waste.
- Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
- Ezekiel 17:22Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain:
- Ezekiel 34:13And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the water-courses, and in all the habitable places of the country.
- John 7:38He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- Revelation 22:1And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- Isaiah 34:2For the wrath of Jehovah is against all the nations, and [his] fury against all their armies: he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
- Isaiah 37:36And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
- Isaiah 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? — I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Ezekiel 39:17And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every wing, and to every beast of the field, Gather yourselves together and come, assemble yourselves on every side to my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
- Revelation 16:1And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out the seven bowls of the fury of God upon the earth.
- Revelation 17:1And one of the seven angels, which had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the sentence of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters;
- Revelation 18:1After these things I saw another angel descending out of the heaven, having great authority: and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Commentaries on Isaiah 30:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25When the towers fall "When the mighty fall" - מגדלים migdalim, , Sym.; , Aquila; רברבין rabrebin, Chard.; all signifying mighty sizes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25In the day of the great slaughter - When the enemies of the people of God shall have been destroyed - probably in a time subsequent to the slaughter of the army of the Assyrians. When the towers fall - The towers of the enemy; perhaps referring here to the towers of Babylon. After they should fall, the Jews would be favored with the time of prosperity to which the prophet here refers.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-26Verses 19-26 God's people will soon arrive at the Zion above, and then they will weep no more for ever. Even now they would have more comfort, as well as holiness, if they were more constant in prayer. A famine of bread is not so great a judgment as a famine of the word of God. There are right-hand and left-hand errors; the tempter is busy courting us into by-paths. It is happy if, by the counsels of a faithful minister or friend, or the checks of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-33This prophecy of salvation gave promises of hope. It helped Israel look away from their present suffering. Instead, it pointed them toward the glorious future that God had prepared for his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Even the otherwise barren hills shall then be well-watered (Is 44:3). the day, &c.--when the disobedient among the Jews shall have been slain, as foretold in Is 30:16: "towers," that is, mighty men (Is 2:15). Or else, the towers of the Assyrian Sennacherib, or of Babylon, types of all enemies of God's people.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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